Author Escardó, Anna, author.

Title Science illustration : a history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today / Anna Escardó ; Julius Wiedemann (ed.).

Imprint Köln : Taschen, [2022]
©2022
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 Folio  Q222 .E83 2022  AVAILABLE
Description 436 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 38 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 430-431) and index.
Contents Introduction -- From the 15th to the 17th century; From Copernicus's heliocentrism to Newton's law of gravitation -- 18th century; From Watt's steam engine to Lavoisier's synthesis of water -- 19th century; From Darwin's theory of evolution to Edison's light bulbs -- 20th century and beyond; from Einstein's relativity theory to CERN's Large Hadron Collider -- Appendix.
Language Text in English, German and French.
Subject(s) Scientific illustration -- History.
Medical illustration -- History.
Technical illustration -- History.
Drawing -- Scientific applications.
Alternate Author Wiedemann, Julius, editor.
ISBN/ISSN 9783836573320